Repeating toy firearm



Mar. 3, 1925. 1,528,630

R, E. REARDON REPEATI'NG ToY FIREARM Fied'Feb. 14, 1924 Vficiency.-having fewer parts to make and handle s Patented Mar. 3, 925.

ROBERT EDW'IN BEAR-DON, F COLUMBIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

REFEATING- TOY FIREARM.

Application filed February 14, 1924. Serial No. 692,709.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT EDWIN REAR- DoN, a subject of the King ofGreat Britan, residing in the town of Columbia, county of Lancaster, andState of Pennsylvania, United States of America, have invented a new anduseful Repeating Toy Firearm, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in toy firearms, particularly thoseof the cap tape fed, repeating pistol type that are operated by triggerpressure. The object of my invention is to Simplify the construction andlessen the cost of production of such clevices without impairing theiroperative effectiveness. My improvement is herein presented in the formof a trigger-pressure operated toy pistol having an operating mechanismcomprised of two members only, which with three springs and the pistolcasing parts perform the functions of cap tape feeding and firingusually performed by a greater number of parts, often with less ef- Themanufacturing advantage of obvious. Another improvement in toy pistolsof this type lies in a straight pull trigger operation, which increasesthe resemblance of the toy to a real automatic pistol. A furtherimprovement is in operating means whereby the hammer, which is normallyretracted from the anvil, strikes the anvil and returns to normal whilethe trigger is being retracted.

I attain the object of my invention by the construction, combination andarrangement of parts hereinafter described and particularly pointed outin the claims, it being. understood that I do not intend to limit myselfto the details of construction or combination of the various parts asdescribed and i shown herein.

My invention is illustrated in the 'accompanying drawings in which:

Figure l is a side elevation, interiory view, of the left side of thecasing of my toy automatic pistol showing the operating parts therein innormal position as ready for loading with a roll of explosive cap tape.

Figure 2 is a side interior view of the left side of the casing of mytoy pistol with the operating parts therein, a roll of cap tape beng inplace and the trigger member partially retracted and hammer depressedthereon.

Figure 3 is a side interior view of part of the left side of the casingof my toy pistol with the operating parts therein, showing the triggermember fully retracted with its forward end shielding rear of anvil,asafter firing operation of the hammer and return of same to normalposition' Figure 4 is a side. exterior View of the ing right angularlytherefrom, an anvil wall Al; a forwardly sloped, operating -springreleasing and trigger member guiding ridge A2; an operating .spring postA3; a spring bearing and trigger tilting post At; a door plate pivotpost AS; and a cap roll post AGO. It also has a trigger spring recessAG; a hammer pivot hole AY; and asse-mbly rivet hole As; an anvil caprecess AQ; and an anvil cap-retainer ridge Am. A squared base on theoperating-spring post Ag, which serves to elevate the said spring on thepost and guide the trigger member, is denoted by All. The casing side B,the right half of the pistolV body, has an assembly hole arm B1; a rivethole '132 therein; a depressed section B3 which coincides in plane withcasing side A of the pistol; and a trigger pivot hole B4. The door plateC of the pistol completes the right side oasing. It is mounted by meansof a` foresight-forming fiange C1 with a pivot hole C2 therein on apivot post A5 of casing side A, being rotatably held thereon by casingside B when the pistol is assembled.

The hammer D of my pistol is pivoted by integralhubs D1 in pivot holesA7 and 134 of the casing sides A and B respectively. From the under sideof hammer D extends downwardly a flange D3 which engages an operatingspring F that is mounted on post A3 of casing side A. The angularlyflanged nose D4 of said flange D3 abuts a double arm F1 of theopera-ting spring F while a hole D5 in fiange D? engages a second arm F2of said operating spring F which is an approximately right angularextension of one of the arms comprised in double arm F1. A third arm F3of the operating spring F bears upon the upper side of post A4 of casingside A, thereby normally clcif'ating llU the head Dl of hammer D againstinarginal flange Al2 of casing side A, as shown in Figure l, bycontrolling through double arin Fl that arin itself-and its arm F2 ofsaid operating spring F. The lower end of said double arm Fl of thespringv F -restsvnor-` ridge E eXtei1cled right :angularly fro-msaidrearward' extension EQ'lOngitiidinally Vof same, i and in Vverticalheight lower than Vsloped ri-dge 'Al which itadjacently;para-llels.

A marginal fiange Eshvliicli; Vapproximates in length/theinterior-distance betweenl casing sides A and' B vwhen theapis't'ol is;assembled, extends rightangu'larly fr-oml the rear end ofextensionEl'ofthe trigger inember E,-andprevents undue la-teral movementof the trigger member, thus maintaining; the proper vrelation. betweenvthefslopedridge A2 member E has a-t-ape-guiding wall-El ,the-

-upper ``end yof -which-normfally covers the anvil Al and is thickenedthereover t'o-forin El. projects a nub E5 whichengagesone end of acoilecl trigger--retracting spring` G; the a other end ofsaicl springbeing-set in a-recess AG in ca'sing-sideA. v The lower forfinger grip'EQ. The "trigger returning spring Glbears uponV` the trigger-member EvbelowV the horizontal 'centeifiof-ifingergrip El; thus tending to itiltupwarcl1 the=loose lfor-wardY endofthe trigger -memberaiid raise tapewall'El fromcontact with anvil-=ridge VVhen the trigger isbeingpressedba'ck by Vof said spring in said groove.

pressure on gripl El, resistance vof .double arinFl of operatingspring-'F to the thrust of ridge Elof trigger lmember E, being appliedwell above'the center of1-fi nger-grip ED, tends to tilt thetriggervmember. clownward forwardlyi and increase thepressure of tapewall El on anvil ridge- All fThis f pressure is supplemented by thehammer head l)2 bearing down on the upper side' of tape wall El, on therunway ridge El. Facing the inner side of the lower end of wall El ber Ea feed spring bearing postE3, formthereat. Adjacently below saidpost/and parallel thereto 'stands 'a semi-cireu'lar. post with aV-shaped groove'in one-side which forms a bearing and stop foratapevfeed spring H, by engaging the bent lower end This spring H vwhilebr'oadly terined a ;feed spring is specifically a brake spring or-resili'ent clamp and detent pawl which holds the cap tape 'T Same.

gagainst'the tapewall El of trigger member Eso that it -moves forwardtherewith over -anvil-ridge Al without undue loss of mo- 'ofthe saidfeed spring H bears against the tape wall El slightly below the tapeadvancing plane ofisame yalong which the cap tape passes approximatelyhorizontally over vthe anvil Al. -`thedoor plate Giof myv-pistolislsnf'ungback It' may be noted' that when the entire -pathway-of thecap tape,` -froin capr'oll'post AG tok the spent tape exit -at the-outer end of anvilA-l, is thrown open,thereby facilitating yload-ing orcleaning or-vany 1 required 'adjustment. hThen-upper gedge of the'rear-ward' eirtensionf-E7 of trigger lmeniber' E 1s-cut;away,--'sloping* forwardly', to

the -fjunction of the extension "El with'tape =w?alll*ll,v so thatwhenthe triggen member E of casing-side A and the springfthrusting'ridge E of-trigger member E. The-trigger is retracted tofthe liinitan'd.ridge-'E2` onitjop parting H'from its .normal horizontalfpathwaybetween said .post base Allandfsloped -ridge -A2 ofcasing side .A.,-andallows the forward end of tape ywall El to .tilt` downi wardoveranvilwridge :'Alll andnanvil lrecess '=L-U' ;upon the :surface oftheanvil-Al,fthus Ward edge offtrigger-.fmember E forms a P shielding 4against backfiresv the: cap follow- The op'erationof mytoy pistoliiseffected asflf'ollows.`l A roll of explosivefi eap:.-tape` is iplacedaon .post AW'l and the -free end;v of the `-tape,= preferablywithfcaps :facing forward- Al0 asfthe trigger returns after firing.

wall'El betweenvthe'flfree end: of feed spring H and said Wallandithe.anvilgAlland'said wall, placingthe foremostcap; as T-l,in-po-`'sition1oii:.the:.anyil. fiThe .following-bal),

asTlfwill then lie ii1=.'anvil= recess All, adi joining fthehanvil'ridge Alo, andw'the third cap,Y as'Tl; Figure 2,: will lie adjacent 1thefree end of feed springl-l', in 'advance of The fourth cap, as willVlie'underneath the free end of the feedwspring H. The-rdoor plate VCbeii1g-closed,,the trigger member E is 'retracted, -by -finger pressureupon "theo` finger i grip'v E, against i the "pressure Iofdouble arm-Fl--of .operating ing a corner post on the tape.: pathwayf spring Fupon the end of ridge "EGjof-lhe trigger member and-the additionalpressure of trigger returning.spring` Gr upon tlf'e: lower lendof-ftapel wall El and nub 'El thereon.

The resistance of ithe upper spring; the

double arm Fl yofoperating'springF, being the stronger, =theffin-gerA-pressure pulls downward upon-the hanviL =ridge7 Alll'the forward endof tape. wall El, pressing' the cap tape T upon saclridgesostronglyvthatthe cap T2 in advance of said ridge is held against withdrawal oversame, remaining in anvil recess All. As the trigger member E retracts,the thrust of ridge EG against the double arm Fl of the operating springF, causes that spring to rotate on its pivotl post A3 andcorrespondingly depress with increasing pressure against the upper sideof tape wall El, whereon is the hammer runway and tilting ridge El, thehead D2 of hammer D, by means of the engagement therewith in hole D5 offlange D3 of the right angular arin F2 of the operating spring F. `Whenthe trigger member has retracted to proper distance the tape wall Elrides clear of engagement with hammer head D?, and the hammer strikesforcibly upon the anvil Al and the explosive cap Tl in place thereon.tion the retraction of the thrust ridge EG against double arm El of the;operating spring F, wnich has been forcing said double arm Fl up theslope of the sloped ridge A2 on which it rests, reaches a height on saidslope which equals or exceeds its own height and the said spring arm Flrides clear of the thrust ridge EG and flies back against the angularlyflanged nose D* of the flange D3 of the hammer D. the arm F2 of theopera-ting spring F flying upward simultaneously, in engagement withhammer D by means of hole D5 in flange D3, as the operating spring F isrot-ated to normal on its pivot post A3 by the pressure of arm F3 ofsaid spring upon its bearing post At. The hammer D thus returns tonormal position immediately after striking the anvil, Al. simultaneouslywith the release of the hammer D to strike the anvil Al and the releaseof spring arin Fl, the tilt-ing ridge E2 of tape wall El rides againstthe tilting post A`l of casing side A, thereby tilting the forward endof tape wall El downward over the anvil ridge Al and its adjacent recessAS and shielding 'the second cap, as T2, against brackfire from theexplosion of the foremost cap, Tl, on the anvil, Al, as in Figure 3. Thereturning action of trigger spring G then, finger pressure. being`slackened, returns the trigger meinber E to normal position, the tapewall El riding loosely over the anvil ridge AlO, because of thesub-finger pressure of the spring G on the trigger member tending toelevate or tilt the forward end of the tape wall away from the anvil. Asthe trigger member E reaches its forward limit the upwardly extendingrear section of rearward eX- tension ET of the said trigger member,denoted by Elo, abuts adownxvard projection Al3 of the squared base ofoperating spring pivot post Ag, which engagement by continued action oftrigger spring G brings the trigger member E to rest in normal positionwith the tape wall El raised clear of Immediately following this actheanvil, in very convenient vposition for loading when necessary. Thisoperating action may be repeated as required.

I claim: V

l. In a toy firearm, a body, a transversely ridged anvil, a springhammer, and a spring retracted, horizontally movable, tape carry.- ingtrigger member adapted to engage an explosive cap tape with said anvilridge when the said trigger member recedes from the anvil and advancesaid tape freelyl across said anvil When the trigger member returns tonormal position.

. 2. In a toy firearn, a body, an anvil, a spring hammer, a horizontallymovable, tape carrying, spring retracted trigger member, means forrelatively advancing an explosive cap tape upon said trigger member byrecession of said trigger member from normal position, means forpercussing said hammer upon said anvil by recession of said triggermember, means for shieldingvpart of said anvil while the hammerpercusses'upon another part, means for releasing percussive springpressure upon said hammer and retracting said hammer from the anvilwhile the trigger member is receding from said anvil, and means foradvancing the explosive cap tape Vacross the anvil as the trigger memberretracts to normal position.

3. In a toy firearm, a body, an anvil, a spring hammer normally heldaway from said anvil, a spring returned trigger member, and means forpercussing said hammer upon the said anvil and retracting it therefromWhile the trigger member is receding.

4. In a toy firearm, a body, an anvil, a spring hammer, and a triggermember horizontally movable across said anvil and terminally Contactingupon sane When at limit of movement in one direction and clear of sai-danvil When at the limit of movement in the opposite direction.

5. In a toy firearm, a body, an anvil, a hammer, and a horizontallynovable. trigger an integral portion of which is adapted to slide overand upon said anvil. y

6. In a toy firearm, a body, an anvil having a transverse ridge thereon,and a` horizontally movable trigger member adapted to slide over saidanvil and abrade upon sai-d transverse ridge on said anvil.

7. In a toy firearm, a body, an anvil, a hammer, a horizontally inovabletrigger, and means for shielding a. section of said anvil with anintegral portion of said trigger. v

8. In a toy firearm, a body, an anvil, a hammer, a trigger memberadapted to carry explosive cap tape, and means for relatively advancingexplosive cap tape on said trigger member by recession of said triggermember from normal position.

9. A trigger pressure operated, repeating cap tape feeding and firingmechanism that is limited in constituent parts to a"casing-,fa hammer.,a horizontally. movable trigger member, an operating spring, a.triggerfreturning spring and a pawl spring-V 10. In a toyV pistol, abody, ana'nvilf, a hammer, and a straight pull trigger for 'direetlycarrying an explosive capI-to said anvil. f 4

11. In a toy firearm, means-for feeding and detonating. explosiveoaptape consisting only of a casing, a hammer member adapted to strikelWithin the pa'th 'of a trigger member, a trigger member movable acrossthe pathof said hammer'member and accessory springs.v o i 12. In a toyfirearmfistraight pull'means for feeding and'detonating explosive captape consistingonly of casing, a hammer member,y a trigger member'movable Ato im'- pede'or actuate said hammermember and accessorysprings.

13. In a toy' fir'e'arm an anvil, atrigger member, a hammer member'adapted toV adapted to strike the anvil but normally separated'therefrom, a trigger m'ember,- and trigger pressure actuated means 'forfeeding detonative material to said anvil, and 'causing the hammertomomentarily strike upon said' anvil. v

ROBERTE'WIN REARDON. i

